Goodland Municipal Airport
| Goodland Municipal Airport Renner Field |
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| USGS aerial image, 28 August 1991 | |||
| IATA: GLD – ICAO: KGLD – FAA LID: GLD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Goodland | ||
| Serves | Goodland, Kansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,656 ft / 1,114 m | ||
| Coordinates | 39°22′14″N 101°41′56″W / 39.37056°N 101.69889°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 5,499 | 1,676 | Concrete |
| 5/23 | 3,501 | 1,067 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 1,800 | 549 | Turf |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 43,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 22 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Goodland Municipal Airport (IATA: GLD, ICAO: KGLD, FAA LID: GLD) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Goodland, a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is also known as Renner Field.[1][2]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Goodland Municipal Airport covers an area of 372 acres (151 ha) at an elevation of 3,656 feet (1,114 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 12/30 is 5,499 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) with an concrete surface; 5/23 is 3,501 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 17/35 is 1,800 by 40 feet (549 x 12 m) with an turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 16, 2007, the airport had 43,000 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine and 23% multi-engine.[1]
[edit] History
Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1943. Training provided by William A. Ong under AAFTC 22d Glider Training Detachment. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered Gliders. Training began on 8 June 1942. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field.
During wartime use, the airport had four compacted soil runways; aligned N/S; NE/SW; E/W and NW/SE, all approximately 2,800' long with NE/SW 3,600' long. Former NW/SE runway now paved and used as main, others still visible in aerial photography. Training ended on 29 August 1943 due to shortage of equipment. Glider training mission was taken over by I Troop Carrier Command, and the airport was used as an axillary airfield until the end of the war. Was returned to civil control in September 1945.
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[edit] Other sources
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942-2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
This article incorporates [edit] External links
- Aerial photo as of 28 August 1991 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RNV, effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for RNV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for RNV
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